Frequency of COVID-19 Among Pregnant Patients at a Tertiary Care Hospital, Lahore: A Cross-Sectional Study
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21649/akemu.v30i3.5572Keywords:
COVID-19, Pregnancy, Vaccination, risk factors.Abstract
Abstract
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) among pregnant women is a major health concern. Determining the incidence of COVID-19 among pregnant women is crucial for providing appropriate care. This study was conducted to determine the frequency of COVID-19 in pregnant females at a Tertiary care Hospital, Lahore. It was a cross-sectional study conducted among 150 pregnant females through convenient sampling from Gynecology & Obstetrics outpatient department (OPD) of tertiary care hospital, Lahore. Data was obtained through questionnaire. COVID-19 status was confirmed by nasopharyngeal swabs for real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Data was entered and analyzed using SPSS version 24.0. Chi-square test was used, with p-value <0.05 was considered significant. The frequency of COVID-19 was 4.7% among 150 pregnant females. About 130(86.7%) females were vaccinated for COVID-19, among them only 2 % were found positive (p=0.000). About 30(20.0%) females were symptomatic however only 1.3% were found positive (p=0.561). There were 23(15.3%) pregnant females who had risk factors but only 1.3% were found positive (p=0.319) for COVID-19.Education and vaccination status were significant factors for COVID-19 infection. The study concluded that the frequency of COVID-19 was 4.7% among pregnant females, with education and vaccination status being significant factors.
References
Makvandi S, Ashtari S, Vahedian-Azimi A. Manifestations of COVID-19 in pregnant women with focus on gastrointestinal symptoms: a systematic review. Gastroenterol Hepatol Bed Bench 2020; 13(4): 305-12.
Rosa ML, Ludmir J. COVID-19 in pregnancy: what we have learned in a year. J Clin Gynecol Obstet 2021; 10(2): 33-4.
Jummaat F, Yahya EB, Adnan A, Atty Sofea AK. Impact of COVID-19 on Pregnancy and Maternal Health: An Update. Biomed Res Ther 2021; 8(10): 4655-67.
Telenti A, Arvin A, Corey L, Corti D, Diamond MS, García-Sastre A, et al. After the pandemic: perspectives on the future trajectory of COVID-19. Nature. 2021 ;596(7873):495-504.
Mushtaq R, Parveen K, Siraj A, Jannat M, Ali H. Outcome of twenty pregnant women with covid-19 infection-a case series from Pakistan. Pak Armed Forces Med J 2020; 70 (2): S572-7.
San-Juana R, Barberob P, Fernandez-Ruiz M, Lopez-Medrano F, Lizasoain M, Hernandez-Jimenez P, et al. Incidence and clinical profiles of COVID-19 pneumonia in pregnant women: a single-centre cohort study from Spain. E Clin Med 2020; 23(6): 100407.
Izhar R, Husain S, Tahir MA, Husain S, Hussain S. Pregnant during the COVID-19 pandemic: Knowledge, concerns, attitudes and practices of Pakistani women. Eur J Midwifery 2021; 5(11): 54.
Dawood FS, Varner M, Tita A, Newes-Adeyi G, Gyamfi-Bannerman C, Battarbee A, et al. Incidence and clinical characteristics of and risk factors for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection among pregnant individuals in the United States. Clin Infect Dis 2022; 74(12):2218-26.
Knight M, Bunch K, Vousden N, Morris E, Simpson N, Gale C, et al. Characteristics and outcomes of pregnant women admitted to hospital with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection in UK: national population-based cohort study. BMJ 2020; 369(8251): 1-7.
Ullah R, Memon FS, Anjum S. The alarming rate of COVID-19 among pregnant women in Pakistan. Anaesth Pain Intensive Care 2020; 24(4): 471-2.
Cardona-Pérez JA, Villegas-Mota I, Helguera-Repetto AC, Acevedo-Gallegos S, Rodríguez-Bosch M, Aguinaga-Ríos M, et al. Prevalence, clinical features, and outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnant women with or without mild/moderate symptoms: Results from universal screening in a tertiary care center in Mexico City, Mexico. PLoS ONE 2021; 16(4): e0249584.
Lubeya MK, Kabwe JC, Mukosha M, Phiri SN, Phiri CC, Muyovwe M, et al. Maternal COVID-19 infection and associated factors: A cross-sectional study. Plos one. 2023;18(3):e0281435
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2024 Annals of King Edward Medical University
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
This is an open-access journal and all the published articles / items are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. For comments publications@kemu.edu.pk